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Denver, Colorado, United States

• Turn clients' R&D projects into manufacturable products by advising on product development, process development, quality assurance, and machine design.Recent Projects:
• Provided engineering review services, and managed fabrication, assembly, and installation of an automated plating line for Denver sporting goods manufacturer.
• Established system for manufacturing utility-scale pressure vessels to ASME code standards by implementing manufacturing documentation, process controls, and an ASME-compliant QA program for local carbon capture startup.

Denver

• Defined critical product and process characteristics and worked directly with an external engineering firm to establish design criteria and approve designs for 2 unique automated manufacturing lines
• Implemented volume manufacturing (throughput 18x) and increased maximum product size (2.5x) by successfully assembling and commissioning each automated manufacturing line

Denver

• Designed, implemented, and documented process cells for thermal cure, etching, fluid fill, edge sealing, and lamination of thin film composites
• Increased throughput (3x) and maximum product size (20x) through the design, construction, and commissioning of a 5,000ft2 ISO 7 manual manufacturing line
• Sustained yield by training and supervising 8 manufacturing technicians in the use of process controls and database software

Denver

• Designed and fabricated LCD window prototypes, and established durability requirements using ASME qualification tests
• Successfully developed and procured vital custom materials from external vendors by establishing optical acceptance tests and specifications, and visiting supplier facilities in Asia

Denver

• Developed product testing standards, and designed and executed R&D experiments

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Certificate, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies